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Old Posted Jan 31, 2011, 9:59 PM
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South on Olive from 9th, 1956

Life

Google Street View

And to think that Ike defeated native Angeleno Adlai Stevenson not once, but twice.
(Stevenson was born just south of here on Monmouth Street in West Adams.) I'm surprised
to see the old five-globe streetlamps still standing this late. The low-rise building at right in both
shots is at Olympic and Olive and was designed by Parkinson. It was once the Federal Reserve
Bank and has now been converted into lofts.



Mushet/LAPL http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics37/00038276.jpg
The Federal Reserve under comstruction, 1930


In the distance of the contemporary shot is the Occidental Center tower--now the AT&T Center--at 1150 S. Olive, discussed previously:

USC Digital Library http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2...tallifebld.jpg
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